141: Lance's Past

"Pearl, Pearl. Quick, tell them to let go of Uncle."

Lance nuzzled against Tu Nan, wriggling around, and the short hair that had been carefully styled was soon messed up like weeds.

Tu Nan looked pleadingly at the soldiers.

The soldiers hadn't received a clear answer and didn't dare to actually let go of the dangerous individual, Yi Xingye.

It was obvious that Hain and Young Miss Pearl were not in agreement, and the previous attitude of their own superior, Colonel Kong... was not gentle at all.

"What are you afraid of? I've already put the word out. If anyone still dares to provoke me, they'll have brought it on themselves even if they get beaten to death."

"When have I ever failed to protect my own people? If something goes wrong, it's on me."

They remembered the fierce look on his face clearly.

Secretary Wang sighed and helped find a middle-ground solution for all parties present.

"Let him go, but Young Miss Pearl, I mean that he should be allowed to move around in this house first. Wait until I ask Hain, and we can get a definitive answer."

The soldiers nodded with silly smiles, very grateful to Secretary Wang for understanding their predicament.

That was all they could do, Tu Nan thought helplessly. There was no need to make things difficult for the people actually carrying out the orders.

The handcuffs on Yi Xingye's wrists were unlocked; he shook his hands and walked toward Lance as if nothing had happened.

Lance was more anxious than him; grabbing one with each hand, she pulled him and Tu Nan back to her room.

"That scared me to death."

Once the door closed, Lance started whimpering, "Where are the little ones?" She wondered why they hadn't rushed out to greet her today.

"Have you lost your mind? Didn't Hain make them take a nap after lunch? It's a good thing they're asleep; otherwise, I wouldn't even want to imagine how chaotic it would have been just now."

"Tell me, what exactly were you thinking?"

Tu Nan began her interrogation; she was really starting to empathize more and more with the people in the base, and their various precautions against Lance really made a lot of sense.

"Hehe... didn't you agree to it that day too?" Lance argued sophistically.

"I was shocked by your wild imagination; when did I ever agree?" Tu Nan wasn't going to take the blame for that and reached out to pat her head.

Lance... she slipped behind Green Fox, secretly poking her head out to beg for mercy from Tu Nan.

"What are you hiding for? Come out."

Tu Nan was speechless, but she seemed to suddenly realize there was another person in the room.

This must be the Advanced Rank Green Fox, Yi Xingye.

Tu Nan paused.

This Advanced Rank should be the highest Tu Nan had seen so far, besides Hain and Kong Jiamu.

Unlike her previous guesses, the System had no reaction.

【System, does that mean not all Advanced Ranks work? What kind of person is required?】

The System ignored her. What was it? Out of energy again, or just couldn't say?

Tu Nan thought for a moment and changed the question.

【I want to know... what's up with that 1% for Gray? Did you make that up just to provoke me?】

【...】 The System stuttered.

I see. Tu Nan understood.

Looking closely at this Advanced Rank non-mission individual, Tu Nan realized that although he was standing right in the middle of the room, she had naturally ignored him just now.

If it weren't for Lance hiding behind him, it seemed he could just be ignored naturally like that.

"Sorry... I've caused you trouble..." Tu Nan said, feeling embarrassed.

Yi Xingye's eyes slowly turned, and he seemed to come alive a bit.

He pulled Lance out from behind him and shoved her to Tu Nan.

"It's not your business, deal with her."

...After the three of them made such a scene, they naturally became familiar with each other.

"So, how did you convince Hain?" Lance was quite curious.

Tu Nan didn't want to repeat it at all.

Yi Xingye helped Tu Nan solve this problem; he directly covered Lance's mouth. "Children shouldn't be so curious."

Tu Nan glanced at him, assuming he had heard everything.

Rank... it really is useful.

"What child! I'm already twenty. I've told you so many times, stop acting like you used to." Lance's roguishness was hard to maintain in front of him; she was always being puffed up like a pufferfish by this emotionless person.

"Hmph." Green Fox killed her with just an interjection.

"Are you two... close?" Tu Nan asked them.

"Sort of." Lance shrugged and answered first.

Tu Nan smiled. "Lance, didn't you claim that all Male Beasts are trash and tell them all to get lost?"

She rarely had the urge to gossip.

"Come on... what kind of Male Beast is Uncle?" Lance waved her hand vigorously, as if trying to brush off this strange term.

Tu Nan glanced at Yi Xingye. Although he was still standing there gloomily, she felt that his presence suddenly seemed a bit stronger, as if his aura had become slightly more obvious.

"...Hmm, I think he might count as my dad?"

Lance rubbed her chin and told Tu Nan about her ill-fated connection with this person.

"Back then, I mean when the Foster Mother base I was in had an accident, I was under ten, still in my juvenile stage. It was night, and everyone was soaking in maintenance reagents. I don't know how I 'woke up'. I felt so dizzy, the equipment seemed to have malfunctioned, and I almost suffocated.

The sisters around me were all quiet, and only I was struggling. Then... I knocked over the reagent tank, sigh... shards all over the floor, and I was covered in blood.

Anyway, I crawled and crawled, and just happened to crawl to his feet."

Tu Nan listened quietly as she recounted that thrilling past. Green Fox also listened attentively to the Female Beast in front of him talk about their first meeting.

"He said I looked so small and pitiful, so he picked me up and brought me back to the base.

Gosh, don't mention it, they all said I was lucky. Except for me, all the other sisters there were directly suffocated by the waste gas."

The more Lance talked, the more excited she got.

"...Are you okay?" Tu Nan frowned, worried that she might have some underlying health issues because of that.

"It's a small matter, just that my uterus didn't develop well; I should count as a defective Foster Mother, right?" Lance grinned, seemingly without any trauma. "Isn't that just perfect? I don't want to have Children at all."

Tu Nan pursed her lips, but she didn't think so.

She hoped that everyone had their own choice, whether to give birth or not. Not being forced to have no choice.

Green Fox suddenly interrupted. "You're still a child yourself, stop causing trouble for others."

Tu Nan paused for a moment, letting go of the thoughts that were useless to Lance, and tapped Lance.

"Yes, you're healthy enough to stir up trouble every day!" She said this through gritted teeth, feeling helpless.

***

Secretary Song knocked on the door not long after, saying that Hain agreed that Green Fox could leave.

Lance, however, started pushing her luck.

"Leave later. I'll take you to see Pearl's Two Children. Hehehe, they're my new little friends."

And so, even though Ao Ao and Miao Miao were still very young, they were seeing more and more Advanced Rank Male Beasts...

Tu Nan couldn't join their activities. Kong Jiamu's Video Call came through, and Lance looked at her with a sly smile.

Tu Nan chose to return to Kong Jiamu's bedroom to answer it.

That's right, he started having long Video Calls with Tu Nan every day. And Tu Nan thought that no matter what, when Kong Jiamu returned, she would still have to continue sleeping with him.

So she had to maintain a good relationship with him.

For several days in a row, she had been listening to Kong Jiamu describe the various events of this operation like a TV series.

With key information omitted, it was purely for entertainment.

He had already reached the part where he cleverly hid himself and led his teammates to find a way out of the insect swarm...